“I think it’s fascinating how people, what should I say, find a spiritual meaning in something that really didn’t exist. They seem to project a meaning upon it. I think that a lot of people here are very happy.”  Â
–Prof. Mark Van Stone, Southwestern College, author on Mayan culture, on the celebration of the last day of the Mayan calendar at the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza, Mexico, December 21, 2012. Â Source: CNN World Report, “The Brief.”
